Improvement in locks for satchels



R. FLOCKE.

LOCKS FOR SATCHELS, 80C.

Patented June 26,1877.

11 Inventor mm? as TO-LTYHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON,

ROBERT FLOGKE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO B. NEUMANN & 00., OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOCKS FOR SATCHELS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 92,327, dated June 26,1877 application filed May 22, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT FLocKE, of Newark, in the State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Lock for Satchels, Carpet-Bags,&c., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specificationand accompanying drawing, in which-- Fig.1 is a longitudinal section ofa lock.

with my improvement. Fig. II is a plan of the same looking upward, withthe bottom plate removed, and Fig. III is a plan of the bottom plate.

In the drawing, A is the case containing the mechanism, and B is abottom plate fitted into the inside of the e se, so that when the sameis screwed upon ie frame of. the satchel this bottom plate win he heldfirmly in its place. In the central part of the case A a barrel, 0, isfitted, to which a plate, D, arranged in the inside of the case, isfastened through the bolt a. A pin, a, fast on the under side of thebarrel (3, passes through this plate D, for the purpose of turning saidplate. On one side of this plate a projection, m, is made, against whichasuitable spring, w, attached to the side of the case, is made to act.On the bottom of the plate D a projection, J, is attached, reachingnearly to the top surface of the bottom plate B, and acts as a bolt, entering the notch or cavity in the staple or tongue N attached to thehinged part of the satchel-frame, and passing into the lock-case Athrough the opening 00 made in the side of said case for that purpose.To the bottom plate B a hock-shaped plate, F, is attached, by means of apin, S, capable of turning on said pin. The end toward the center of thelock-case of this plate F is made circular, and the outer end of thesame is made with a cavity to form-two legs, to allow the key to playbetween the same, and to act either against the one or against the otherleg for the purpose of moving saidplate F toward 'one or the other side.To the under side of this plate F a small projection, 2, is made, and tothe bottom plate B a projection, 3, is attached. By moving plate F bymeans of the key this plate F will bend sufficiently to allow theprojection 2 to pass over the projection 3 and then bend back again, sothat by means of this projection 3 the plate F will be held in eitherposition to which the same has been moved through the action of the key.h is a pin, fastened to the bottom plate B, upon which the key isplaced, and around which the same moves.

In the position shown in the drawing, the turning of the barrel 0 willmove the projection J out of the notch or cavity in the staple or tongueN, when the same can be Withdrawn out of the case and the satchel-frameopened.

When the frame is to be closed, the wedgeshaped end of the staple N willpress the projection J sidewise until the same comes in a line with thenotch in said staple, when the action of the spring to will force theprojection J into said notch, and thus keep the staple fast.

To look the same, the plate F is moved by means of the key, so that itscircular end comes before the edge of the projection J, as shown in Fig.IV, whereby this projection is prevented from being moved, and theprojection 2 of the plate F, having been brought on the other side ofthe projection 3, will hold the plate F in that position until movedagain through the action of the key.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The barrel G, with plate D having an elongation, m, acted upon by asuitable spring, w, and a projection, J, in combination with the stapleor tongue N, arranged to operate in the manner and for the purposedescribed.

ROBERT FLOGKE. Witnesses:

THOMAS (J. PROVOST, CHAS. NEUMANN.

